The Power That Transcended Kekkei Genkai

Eighty million ryo was no small sum. Even for Mei Terumi, the Mizukage of Kirigakure, it was a considerable amount.

Seeing Long Ye make a fortune, Mei grew envious. While she was at it, she quietly slipped the bankbook into her pocket.

Afterward, she glared at Long Ye, signaling that this was her share.

Since Mei had come to help him this time, Long Ye had no choice but to treat it as her payment.

He then ordered the captain of the Ramming Horn Pirates to continue sailing toward the Northern Country...

Two days later.

Long Ye and the others finally came ashore and arrived in the snow-covered Land of Snow.

Frost Wolf was wanted by the Land of Snow, so he naturally could not take part in the plan. He remained with the pirate crew, anxiously awaiting news.

Heavy snow filled the sky.

The three of them walked across the endless snowfield, leaving rows of footprints in their wake, but the heavy snow quickly buried them.

The cold was bone-chilling. Even though Long Ye and Mei Terumi had changed into fur coats that protected them from the snow, they still could not withstand the all-pervasive chill.

Xue Ji, on the other hand, seemed to be enjoying herself immensely.

Long Ye could not help but sigh. No wonder the Land of Snow could produce the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai—and why Ice Release was the only power found there. In an environment like this, it was impossible to cultivate any other ninjutsu.

"Look..."

Xue Ji's spirits lifted as she pointed ahead.

At the end of their vision stood a towering snow-capped mountain that pierced the clouds.

"That is the castle of my Land of Snow!"

Xue Ji had finally seen the place she had dreamed of day and night, and her